FNUS73 KDMX 101213 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE WING...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 713 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON APRIL 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AN INITIAL OBSERVATION AT IGNITION AND A MID BURN OBSERVATION ARE REQUIRED... PLEASE RELAY THEM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR EACH PRESCRIBED BURN. .DISCUSSION... THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN TODAY WITH ELONGATED HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL KEEP SUNNY SKIES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS IN PLACE. WINDS TODAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG AS MONDAY...BUT MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL STILL DIP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 28 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-44400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (85700-140900 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........7 7 7 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 50 49 48 RH..............23 22 24 25 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..18 18 18 17 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.13 13 13 12 EYE LVL WND GST.25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.9 6.1 5.9 5.6 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW MIXNG WIND SPD..26 26 26 28 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 21. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 18 TO 26 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (36100-122600 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (1200-4000 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........8 7 5 3 4 6 WEATHER COV..... AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST TSTM COV........ TEMP............46 38 34 31 27 25 RH..............28 40 49 58 68 71 20 FT WIND......N 17 N 14 N 10 N 9 N 8 N 7 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 15 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 12 N 10 N 7 N 6 N 6 N 5 EYE LVL WND GST.25 20 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5300 1900 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......N 26 N 22 N 16 N 13 N 8 N 6 HAINES INDEX....5 4 5 5 5 4 .WEDNESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM TEMP............23 36 47 53 RH..............77 50 34 28 20 FT WIND......N 7 N 10G15 N 5 N 5 $$ FORECASTER...SMALL REQUESTED BY...DAN PAULSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120410.BLUEW.01/DMX